Emily Dickinson Lexicon

SEAM, v.t.

1. To form a seam; to sew or otherwise unite.
2. To mark with a cicatrix; to scar; as, seamed with wounds. Pope.

SEA-MAID, n. [sea and maid.]

1. The mermaid. [See Mermaid.] Shak.
2. A sea-nymph.

SEA-MALL, or SEA-MEW, n.

A fowl, a species of gull or Larus.

SEA-MAN, n. [See under SEA.]

SEA-MAN, n. [sea and man.]

1. A sailor; a mariner; a man whose occupation is to assist in the management of ships at sea.
2. By way of distinction, a skillful mariner; also, a man who is well versed in the art of navigating ships. In this sense, it is applied both to officers and common mariners.
3. Merman, the male of the mermaid. [Little used.] Locke.

SEA'MAN-LIKE, a.

Like a skillful seaman.

SEA-MAN-SHIP, n.

The skill of a good seaman; an acquaintance with the art of managing and navigating a ship; applicable both to officers and to men. Naval skill, is the art of managing a fleet, particularly in an engagement; a very different thing from seamanship.

SEA-MARK, n. [sea and mark.]

Any elevated object on land which serves for a direction to mariners in entering a harbor, or in sailing along or approaching a coast; a beacon; as a light-house, a mountain, &c. Encyc.

SEAM-ED, pp.

Marked with seams; having seams or scars.

SEA-MEW, n.

A fowl, a species of gull or Larus.

SEAM-ING, ppr.

Marking with scars; making seams.

SEAM-LESS, a.

Having no seam; as, the seamless garment of Christ.

SEA-MON-STER, n. [sea and monster.]

A huge marine animal. Lam. iv.

SEA-MOSS, n. [sea and moss.]

A name given to coral. [See Coral.]

SEA-MOUSE, n. [sea and mouse.]

A dorsibranchiate annelidanimal, of the genus Aphrodita. Encyc.

SEAM-RENT, n. [seam and rent.]

The rent of a seam; the separation of a suture.

SEAM-STER, n.

One that sews well, or whose occupation is to sew.

SEAM-STRESS, n. [that is, Seamsteress; Sax. seamestre.]

A woman whose occupation is sewing.

SEAM-STRESS-Y, n.

The business of a seamstress.

SEAM-Y, a.

Having a seam; containing seams or showing them. Shak.

SEAN, a.

A net. [See Seine.]

SEA-NA-VEL-WORT, n. [sea, navel and wort.]

A plant growing in Syria, which is said to effect great cures of diseases. [L. androsace.] Johnson.

SEA-NEE-DLE, n. [sea and needle.]

A name of the gar or garfish, of the genus Esox. This fish has a slender body, with long pointed jaws and a forked tail. Its back is of a fine green color, and when in the water its colors are extremely beautiful.

SEA-NET-TLE, n. [sea and nettle.]

Another name of the animal flower, or sea-anemony. Encyc.

SEA-NURS-ED, a. [sea and nursed.]

Nursed by the sea. J. Barlow.